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No. 597,206. Patented Jan. 11,1898.

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UNITED STATES PArENr Error..

HENRY F.

SEAVER, OF HUNTER, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ELL-IGK J. SEAVER,

OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN. A

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,206, dated January 11, 1898.

Application tiled May 1'7, 1897. Serial No. 636,931. (No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY F. SEAVER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hunter, in the county of Boone and State of 5 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVashing-Machines ,and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

'My invention has for its object to provide 1o asiinple economical washing-machine that is easy of operation to quickly and thoroughly cleanse clothes without rubbing or splashing.

Hence it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forthwith reference to the accompan ying drawings and subsequently claimed.

Figure l` of the drawings represents a vertical transverse section of myirnproved washing-machine, the plane of the section being indicated by line l lin the succeedinggure;

Fig. 2, a plan view of the barrel portion of said machine, and Fig. 3 a detail sectional view indicated byline 3 3 in the preceding ligure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A A represent a pair of parallel foot-pieces having standards B rising from their middle portions, these standards being joined by side bars C` above said foot-pieces. The structure thus 3o far described constitutes a supporting-frame7 and the upper ends of the standards are centrally recessed to provide bearings for trunnions Z), extending laterally from a barrel D,

having a drain -orifice closed by a plug c.

(Shown in Fig. l.) A

The barrel is preferably made from staves of well-seasoned wood, such as is best suited to the purpose, and it is well hooped, so as to be of great strength and durability. The upper edge of the barrel is faced with an outturned flange of a non-corrosive metal ring E upon the inside of said barrel. This ring serves to increase the strength of the barrel and permits clamping of a ringer thereon without detrimentto the woodwork. At its lower end the ringhas an inturned hange d, that constitutes a seat for a gasket e, of cork or other suitable material, made fast to the under part of the barrel-cover F, the latter 5o being also bound with an angular ring G of non-corrosive metal, this 1 ing being stiffened by a cross-bracef, that extends across the top of said cover.

Metal ears g, made fast to the outside of the barrel, constitute bearings for a pair of bails H, and in their working positions these hails have impingement against the ring G, that binds the barrel-cover.

A bolt I extends up through the center of the barrel-cover and cross-brace f of ring G to engage a bail-clasp .I and nut K, the latter being operative to exert pressure on the clasp and thus effect leverage on the bails that engagev therewith.

The bail-clasp is made from a disk of metal having portions thereof struck up from radial slits therein to form lips h, and the bails are caught between said lips and adjacent portions of said clasp, after which the nut K is run down to obtain a strong clamping action on said bails, whereby the barrel-cover is firmly locked in place, compression of gasket e on the ring-flange d serving to prevent leak of steam or water from said barrel in any position of the same. 7 5

While the barrel may be revolved by attaching a crank to one of its trunnions, it is preferable to provide one of these trunnions with a spur-wheel L and mesh the latter with a pinion M on a spindle N, that turns in one of the standards B of the supportingframe and has a crank O connected thereto, although a belt-pulley or other device for communicating power may be substituted for the crank.

The barrel being perfectly smooth upon the inside there is no wear on the articles being washed, the agitation of these articles in said barrel taking the place of rubbing, and the barrel-cover, with its compressible waterproof gasket, being clamped in place prevents leak or splashing from the aforesaid barrel.

There is no necessity of preliminary boiling of the articles to be Washed, their agitation for a few minutes in hot suds in the barrel being sufficient to effect the removal of dirt, whether said articles be of fine or coarse texture. The rinsing is also done in the barrel, and the cleansed articles may be run through a Wringer attached to said barrel after the cover is removed, a hook P on one of the supporting-frame standards being engaged with IOO to rest on the lower ring-flange, a pair of` hails having their bearings on the barrel, a bailclasp having centralpivotal connection with the barrel-cover, and a clamp-nut exertive against the bail-clasp toY eect leverage of the hails on said barrel-cover.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Beloit, in the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY-F. SEAVER.

Vitnesses: A

JOHN C. Roon, WILLIAM FOLLAN. 

